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Essential Computer Science: A Programmer’s Guide to Foundational Concepts
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Essential Computer Science: A Programmer’s Guide to Foundational Concepts

by Paul D. Crutcher, Neeraj Kumar Singh, Peter Tiegs
June 2021
Beginner
303 pages
5h 59m
English
Apress
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© The Author(s), under exclusive license to APress Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2021
P. D. Crutcher et al.Essential Computer Sciencehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7107-0_1

1. Fundamentals of a Computer System

Paul D. Crutcher1  , Neeraj Kumar Singh2 and Peter Tiegs3
(1)
Welches, OR, USA
(2)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
(3)
Hillsboro, OR, USA
 

There are many resources online to get you started programming, but if you don’t have training in computer science, there are certain fundamental concepts that you may not have learned yet that will help you avoid getting frustrated, such as choosing the wrong programming language for the task at hand or feeling overwhelmed. We wrote this book to help you understand computer science basics, whether you already ...

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